BBC public purposes

April 14, 2024

Ros Atkins and BBC Verify jump the shark

On the morning of April 13th a filmed report titled “Ros Atkins on… UK arms exports to Israe...

February 9, 2024

BBC News showcases ‘Gaza war protest’ agitprop

On the morning of February 6th the BBC News website published an uncredited report headlined “Chil...

November 24, 2023

BBC Radio 4 platforms pernicious parity from Mustafa Barghouti

The November 22nd edition of BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today’ programme included several items relating t...

July 20, 2023

BBC News fails to report arrests of Israeli rioters

Back in April we noted that a BBC News website report by Lucy Williamson on the topic of violent rio...

September 21, 2022

BBC News and two Hamas arrests stories – part one

Hamas’ long-running efforts to propagate terrorism in Judea & Samaria were described by the IT...

September 13, 2022

Reviewing BBC reporting on the Israel-Lebanon maritime borders dispute

In the past we have documented the BBC’s limited coverage of the long-running maritime borders dis...

June 4, 2021

EXAMINING EARLY BBC RADIO 4 FRAMING OF THE MAY 10 HOSTILITIES – PART TWO

In part one of this post we looked at points arising from the May 11th edition of BBC Radio 4’s â€...

May 26, 2021

BBC News continues to ignore antisemitism at UK ‘pro-Palestinian’ rallies

It’s an all too familiar sight for British Jews: conflict erupts thousands of miles away and prote...

March 21, 2021

Reviewing a decade of BBC reporting on Syria

A decade of BBC reporting on the civil war in Syria has produced some memorable moments such as the ...

June 19, 2020

Once again the BBC avoids a story which could enhance audience understanding

Just as revealing as the stories concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that the BBC does elect...